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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

One of the stories gave me a legit nightmare, book was creepy as advertised.

Weird. 
The List by Yomi Adegoke

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I flew through this, and was not expecting that ending, what a wild ride.

Enjoyed the pacing and getting the different perspectives each chapter was good. 

Overall interesting, think this would be fab for a book club. 
American Pastoral by Philip Roth

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Not a fan of the font and not sure I really understand what's going on, I'm not reaching for it, so I'm DNFing it. 
The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This one was much darker than I initially thought.

Starts off like Daisy Jones but quickly it becomes something else entirely. It's hard going in parts for sure. 


The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

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emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Enjoyed this, Dave's had a fun rock and roll life and the stories are full of warmth and heart.

What a nice man he is. 
The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

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emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Solid read, enjoyed this. Beach read for sure, but I liked it. 
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This took me a hellishly long time to finish, and it was good, but I really could have done with, it being about 150 pages less. I also found it hard to have sympathy for anyone, by the end I felt a little like choices had been made, and yet... They still moaned/suffered their way through it. 

Worth picking up but also good for it to be done. 
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With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I thought this was really simple, and I just didn't think it was that good, it felt really obvious to me from the start and didn't really surprise me, and it really felt that her just asking for what she wanted could have resolved a lot of things. Personally I quite struggled through this, it just wasn't doing anything for me. 😔
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The Mothers by Brit Bennett

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I thought this was a well paced book that hit some really hard topics.

In parts I felt for all the characters even if they were flawed and rubbish. 

Hard to read in parts. 
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5